If you’ve been having trouble finding the Electro 2 minifigure polybag, you may have slightly better luck. They were sent to stores in preparation for the above week-long promo. Buy $30 worth of LEGO and get him for free. Stores may have been holding back their stock for this promo but there are no guarantees that all stores followed this practice. I think it’s still worth a phone call or a trip to your local store if you still need/want one.
Retail price is $3.99. Good luck!
So Nick linked over to this article over at MarvelToyNews.com, but apparently the elusive Electro 2 has been found a Toys’R’Us store. I didn’t read the article entirely. It’s a rather long exposition on … I don’t know what since I didn’t read the article but I suppose there might be something there worth gleaning. The Electro minifigure polybag is exclusive to Toys’R’Us. I’ll have to check out my local store on the way home and see if I can find any.
Photo credit: MarvelToyNews.com
And the very first winner of 2015, winning the above pictured polybag set of Electro, is…
Andres Ceballos
Union, NJ
Congratulations, Andres! You’re the big winner! And to everyone else, next month’s giveway starts in just a few weeks.
Oh, and one small note. I’ve thrown out about 100 entries or so for not following the rules. I both laughed and cried with every click of the trash can button. Come on, people, these giveaways aren’t a race. First one in doesn’t mean you win. Just take the two minutes to read the rules and you’ll vastly increase your chances from a definite 0% to something greater than 0 but less than 1.
Update: Forgot to mention this, though it should go without saying, only one winner will be chosen at random since I only have one of these to give away.
Alright, it’s a new month, a new year, with new opportunities to do things better, faster, stronger. Or something like that. Anyways, I’m restarting the monthly giveaways and to kick things off all proper like, I’m giving away an Electro polybag shown above. I was sent a couple of these as a Christmas gift and I’m paying it forward and giving one away to one lucky follower. All you have to do is send an email to giveaways@fbtb.net with the ELECTROCUTIE FOR ME as the subject line to enter. Standard giveaway rules apply. I know it’s been awhile since we’ve done this, so please take the two minutes it takes to familiarize yourself with the rules. Failure to comply will just have your entry end up in the trash. Entry period starts now and closes 11:59pm Pacific Time Sunday January 11th.
Also, it’s probably a good idea to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. There’s a good chance I may do giveaways solely on those accounts and not mention it here. Just saying.
Good luck!
Don’t go wasting your money picking it up on eBay. I received confirmation from LEGO today that the Amazing Spider-Man 2 Electro minifigure polybag is scheduled to be a promotional figure at Toys’R’Us stores. There are no other details at this time about the promo other than it will be available later this year and that approximately 100,000 figures were made. There was no theme nor were there any sets made for the movie, which is a shame because a Gwen Stacy figure would have been great to have. Electro is it. The upcoming promotion is in addition to the the figure being given away at LEGO KidsFest events around the country. My fingers are crossed that it won’t cost an arm and a leg to get it.
So there’s a couple of new promotional polybags that I was recently made aware of.
First up is Electro from Amazing Spider-Man 2. As far as I know this was a promotional item given away at LEGO’s truck tour events known as Kids Fest. This is the only set ever made for the movie and as far as I’ve been able to gather, has never been made available anywhere else. There are a few on eBay with the prices going through the roof already so be prepared to mortgage your children to get one.
Next up is Rocket Raccoon in his Ravagers uniform holding a gun in one hand and a Groot sapling in another. First of all, yes, I did report previously that the Rocket Raccoon figure was exclusive to the San Diego Comic Con but that’s only because that was what was communicated to me by LEGO’s public relations representative. I’ve compared the picture on the bag with the one in my hand and they are identical. Second of all, I don’t care. Normally I’d be all up in arms about this saying LEGO’s pants are on fire but not so much. Could be that I’m just getting old. Could be that I have way too much on my plate to worry about insignificant details like this. Could be that I’m jaded. /shrug. Or it could be that I just want this set with the Groot sapling. And see, this is a proper way to do exclusives. For those that want the mini Warbird set with Rocket can go nuts trying to get the SDCC set. Or if you just want the figure, you can try to get this polybag which offers something a little different and arguably something just as desirable and yet is still an exclusive but at a much broader scale. It is just AWESOME. So far, all signs point to it showing up in Canada Toys’R’Us stores in the near future if it hasn’t already. No word yet on US or overseas availability.
Many thanks go to the peeps in the FBTB chat room for the news and lively discussion. Images by neoape.